LeGrande M. Slaughter
LeGrande M. Slaughter
Curriculum Vitae (Full)
Associate Professor of ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry
(405) 744-5941Physical Sciences I
klahomaStateUniversity
OK 74078-3071
I. BACKGROUND
Education
B.A., Summa Cum Laude, DrewUniversity, Madison, NJ 1994
Major: Chemistry. Minors: Physics, German
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, CornellUniversity, 2000
Doctoral Advisor: Professor Peter T. Wolczanski
Postdoctoral, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 2000-2002
Research Advisor: Professor James P. Collman
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Technische Universität München, Germany
Summer 2002
Professional Appointments
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, OklahomaStateUniversity, 8/2002 – 6/2008
Associate Professor Chemistry, OklahomaStateUniversity, 7/2008 – present
Research Interests
Transition metal organometallic chemistry; Catalysis;
Structure-activity correlations in catalysis; Synthetic & medicinal applications
Awards and Honors
Founding Member, Phi Beta Kappa OSU Chapter, 2013
NSF-REU Undergraduate Mentors Travel Award, 2008
Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award, OSU Chapter, 2007
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2007
Invited participant, NSF Inorganic Workshop, 2006
EPSCoR Summer Salary Award, 2005
OSU Arts & Sciences Travel Award, 2004, 2007 & 2011
OSU Arts & Sciences Summer Research Award, 2003
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst Grant for Research in Germany, 2002
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, 1992-1994
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, 1993
Affiliations
American Chemical Society (Inorganic and Organic Divisions)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi
II. RESEARCH
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Work done at OSU (corresponding author*)
26.Nanayakkara, Y. S.; Woods, R. M., Breitbach, Z. S.; Handa, S.; Slaughter, L. M.; Armstrong, D. W.“Enantiomeric separation of isochromene derivatives by high-performance liquid chromatography using cyclodextrin based stationary phases and principal component analysis of the separation data.” Journal of Chromatography A2013, 1305, 94-101.
25.Handa, S.; Mathota Arachchige, Y. L. N.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Access to 2'-substituted binaphthyl monoalcohols via complementary nickel-catalyzed Kumada coupling reactions under mild conditions: Key role of a P,O ligand.” Journal of Organic Chemistry2013, 78, 5694-5699.
24.Singh, P.; Raj, R.; Bhargava, G.;* Hendricks, D. T.; Handa, S.; Slaughter, L. M.; Kumar, V.* “-Lactam synthon-interceded diastereoselective synthesis of functionalized octahydroindole-based molecular scaffolds and their in vitro cytotoxic evaluation.” European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry2012, 58, 513-518.
23.Owusu, M. O.; Handa, S.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Chugaev-type bis(acyclic diaminocarbenes) as a new ligand class for the palladium-catalyzed Mizoroki-Heck reaction.” Applied Organometallic Chemistry2012, 26, 712-717.
22.Sluch, I. M.; Miranda, A. J.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Interplay of metallophilic interactions, - stacking, and ligand substituent effects in the structures and luminescence properties of neutral PtII and PdII aryl isocyanide complexes.” Inorganic Chemistry2012, 51, 10728-10746.
21.Slaughter, L. M.* “Acyclic aminocarbenes in catalysis.” ACS Catalysis 2012, 2, 1802-1816. Invited Perspective (critical review).
20.Handa, S.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Enantioselective alkynylbenzaldehyde cyclizations catalyzed by chiral gold(I) acyclic diaminocarbene complexes that contain weak Au-arene interactions.” Angewandte ChemieInternational Edition 2012, 51, 2912-2915. Designateda Very Important Paper (top 5%). Featured on journal back cover. Highlighted in Angewandte Chemie, Synfacts, and ChemCatChem.
19.Subramanium, S. S.; Handa, S.; Miranda, A. J.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Simple silver salts and palladium bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes as complementary catalysts for the Nazarov cyclization.” ACS Catalysis2011, 1, 1371-1374.
18.Raj, R.; Mehra, V.; Singh, P.; Kumar, V.; Bhargava, G.; Mahajan, M. P.*; Handa, S.; Slaughter, L. M. “-Lactam-synthon-interceded, facile, one-pot, diastereoselective synthesis of functionalized tetra/octahydroisoquinolone derivatives.” European Journal of Organic Chemistry2011, 2697-2704.
- Subramanium, S. S.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Direct observation of a carbonylation reaction relevant to CO/alkene copolymerization in a methylpalladium carbonyl complex containing a bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) ligand.” Dalton Transactions 2009, 6930-6933. Invited contribution for a special issue on N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. Selected as a Dalton Transactions “Hot Article”.
- Wanniarachchi, Y. A.;Subramanium, S. S.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Palladium complexes of bis(acyclic diaminocarbene) ligands with chiral N-substituents and 8-membered chelate rings.” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2009, 694, 3297-3305.
- Bunce, R. A.*, Nammalwar, B.; Slaughter, L. M. “Divergent reactivity in tandem reduction-Michael ring closures of five- and six-membered cyclic enones” Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry2009, 46, 854-860.
- Sluch, I. M.; Miranda, A. J.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Channeled polymorphs of cis-M(CNPh)2Cl2 (M = Pt, Pd) with extended metallophilic interactions.” Crystal Growth & Design2009, 9, 1267-1270.
- Slaughter, L. M.* “‘Covalent self-assembly’ of acyclic diaminocarbene ligands at metal centers.” Comments on Inorganic Chemistry 2008, 29, 46-72. Invited review article.
12. Bunce, R. A.*, Nago, T.; Sonobe, N.; Slaughter, L. M. “Benzo-fused heterocycles and carbocycles by intramolecular SNAr and tandem SN2-SNAr reactions.” Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry2008, 45, 551-557.
- Wanniarachchi, Y. A.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Reversible chelate ring opening of a sterically crowded palladium bis(acyclic diaminocarbene) complex.” Organometallics2008, 27, 1055-1062.
- Wanniarachchi, Y. A.; Kogiso, Y.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Chiral palladium bis(acyclic diaminocarbene) complexes as enantioselective catalysts for the aza-Claisen rearrangement.” Organometallics2008, 27, 21-24.
- Al-Far, A. M.; Slaughter, L. M.* “cis-cis-trans-Bis(acetonitrile-N)-dichloridobis(triphenylphosphine-P)-ruthenium(II) acetonitrile disolvate.” Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online2008, E64, m184.
- Sluch, I. M.; Slaughter, L. M.* “trans-Diaquadichloridobis(N,N-dimethylformamide-O)manganese(II).” Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online2007, E63, m3095.
- Bunce, R. A.*, Schammerhorn, J. E.; Slaughter, L. M. “(±)-2,3-Dialkyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-3-carboxylic esters by a tandem reduction-reductive amination reaction.” Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry2007, 44, 1051-1057.
- Wanniarachchi, Y. A.; Slaughter, L. M.* “One-step assembly of a chiral palladium bis(acyclic diaminocarbene) complex and its unexpected oxidation to a bis(amidine) complex.” Chemical Communications2007, 3294-3296.
- Bunce, R. A.*, Schammerhorn, J. E.; Slaughter, L. M. “Catalyst and pressure dependent reductive cyclizations for the diastereoselective synthesis of hexahydropyrrolo-[1,2-a]quinoline-5-carboxylic esters.” Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry2006, 43, 1505-1511.
- Moncada, A. I.; Manne, S.; Tanski, J. M.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Modular chelated palladium diaminocarbene complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and optimization of catalytic Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling activity by ligand modification.” Organometallics2006, 25, 491-505.
- Moncada, A. I.; Tanski, J. M.; Slaughter, L. M.* “Sterically controlled formation of monodentate versus chelating carbene ligands from phenylhydrazine.” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry2005, 690, 6247-6251. Invited paper for a special issue on metal carbene chemistry.
- Moncada, A. I.; Khan, M. A.; Slaughter, L. M.* “A palladium Chugaev carbene complex as a modular, air-stable catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions.” Tetrahedron Letters2005,46, 1399-1403.
- Wanniarachchi, Y. A.; Khan, M. A.; Slaughter, L. M.* “An unusually static, sterically hindered silver bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) complex and its use in transmetalation.” Organometallics2004, 23, 5881-5884.
Work done prior to OSU (corresponding author*)
6.Slaughter, L. M.; Collman, J. P.*; Eberspacher, T. A.; Brauman, J. I. “Radical autoxidation and autogenous O2 evolution in manganese-porphyrin catalyzed alkane oxidations with chlorite.” Inorganic Chemistry2004, 43, 5198-5204. Featured on the cover of the August 23, 2004 issue of Inorganic Chemistry.
5.Veige, A. S.; Slaughter, L. M.; Lobkovsky, E. B.; Wolczanski, P. T.*; Matsunaga, N.; Decker, S. A.; Cundari, T. R. “Symmetry and geometry considerations of atom transfer: Deoxygenation of (silox)3WNO and R3PO (R=Me, Ph, tBu) by (silox)3M (M=V, NbL (L=PMe3, 4-Picoline), Ta; silox=tBu3SiO).” Inorganic Chemistry2003, 42, 6204-6224.
- Collman, J. P.*;Slaughter, L. M.; Eberspacher, T. A.; Strassner, T.; Brauman, J. I. “Mechanism of dihydrogen cleavage by high-valent metal oxo compounds: Experimental and computational studies.” Inorganic Chemistry2001, 40, 6272-6280.
- Veige, A. S.; Slaughter, L. M.; Wolczanski, P. T.*; Matsunaga, N.; Decker, S. A.; Cundari, T. R. “Deoxygenations of (silox)3WNO and R3PO by (silox)3M (M = V, Ta) and (silox)3NbL (silox = tBu3SiO): Consequences of electronic effects.” Journal of the American Chemical Society2001, 123, 6419-6420.
- Slaughter, L. M.; Wolczanski, P. T.*; Klinckman, T. R.; Cundari, T. R. “Inter- and intramolecular experimental and calculated equilibrium isotope effects for (silox)2(tBu3SiND)TiR + RH (silox = tBu3SiO): Inferred kinetic isotope effects for RH/D addition to transient (silox)2Ti=NSitBu3.” Journal of the American Chemical Society2000, 122, 7953-7975.
- Slaughter, L. M.; Wolczanski, P. T.* “Ti(:1, 1-OCMe2CH2PPh2)3Rh has a cylindrically symmetric triple bond.” Chemical Communications1997, 2109-2110.
Citation Metrics (Thomson Reuters; as of February 2013)
ResearcherID:B-1268-2008
Career Publications:30
Total Citations:537
h-index:13
Patent Application
- Murray, R.A.; Slaughter, L. M.; Prema, D.; Chen, J.“Imino carbene compounds and derivatives, and catalyst compositions made therefrom.”U.S. Patent Application No. 20120271018, filed March 2012 (provisional application filed April 2011).
Conference Presentations, Oral, Invited
- TexSyn-1: Green Chemistry, Catalysis and Organic Synthesis in the Lone Star State, Austin, TX, May 2013
- American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Bartlesville, OK, April 2011.
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2011. Symposium in honor of Pete Wolczanski’s receipt of the ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry.
- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst/von Humboldt Foundation Alumni Meeting: “Building a Transatlantic Approach to Sustainability”, New York, NY, October 2010.
- NSF Inorganic Chemistry Workshop, Semiahmoo, WA, June 2006.
Conference Presentations, Oral, Contributed
- Chirality 2012, Ft. Worth, TX, June 2012.
- American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Norman, OK, April 2010 (2 presentations).
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2009.
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2007.
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006.
- American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Bartlesville, OK, April 2006.
- American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Stillwater, OK, April 2005.
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2005.
- American Chemical Society Midwest Regional Meeting, Manhattan, KS, October 2004.
- American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Tulsa, OK, October 2004.
- American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Ft. Worth, TX, September 2004.
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, September 2004.
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2000.
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 1998.
Conference Presentations, Poster
- Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, RI, July 2009.
- Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, RI, July 2007.
- Gordon Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, RI, July 2004.
- American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2003
Conference Presentations Given By Students
- Sachin Handa (Ph.D candidate), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2011, oral presentation.
- Sri Subramanium (Ph.D., 2011), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2011, oral presentation.
- Sri Subramanium (Ph.D., 2011), American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Norman, OK, April 2010, oral presentation.
- Anthea Miranda (Ph.D., 2009), American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Bartlesville, OK, April 2009, poster presentation.
- Sri Subramanium (Ph.D. 2011), American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Bartlesville, OK, April 2009, poster presentation.
- Yoshitha Wanniarachchi (Ph.D. 2008), American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008, oral presentation.
- Ilya Sluch (B.S., 2009), American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008, poster presentation.
- Yoshitha Wanniarachchi (Ph.D. 2008), American Chemical Society Annual Pentasectional (Local) Meeting, Bartlesville, OK, April 2006, poster presentation.
- Sudhakar Manne (M.S., 2005), Oklahoma Research Day State Conference, Edmond OK, November 2005, poster presentation.
- Sudhakar Manne (M.S., 2005), Oklahoma EPSCoR Annual State Conference, Stillwater, OK, May 2005, poster presentation.
- Adriana Moncada (M.S., 2005), American Chemical Society Midwest Regional Meeting, Manhattan, KS, October 2004, oral presentation.
- Sudhakar Manne (M.S., 2005), American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting, Ft. Worth, TX, September 2004, poster presentation.
- Yoshitha Wanniarachchi (Ph.D., 2008), Oklahoma EPSCoR Annual State Conference, Stillwater, OK, May 2004, poster presentation.
Invited Seminars: Research Universities
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, April 2012
University of North Texas, Denton, TX, March 2012
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 2011
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, September 2009
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, November 2007
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, September 2007
Rice University, Houston, TX, September 2007
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, September 2007
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS,April 2007
University of North Texas, Denton, TX, April 2004.
Invited Seminars: Primarily Undergraduate Universities
Texas A&M University-Commerce, April 17, 2009
Southeastern OklahomaStateUniversity, Durant, OK, April 16, 2009
EastCentralUniversity, Ada, OK, November 30, 2007
University of CentralOklahoma, Edmond, OK, April 7, 2006
MidwesternStateUniversity, Wichita Falls, TX, February 25, 2005.
Invited Seminars: Primarily Undergraduate Universities (continued)
Cameron University, Lawton, OK, February 23, 2005.
Current Research Support
National Science Foundation (Chemical Catalysis Program, single PI, unsolicited)
Project title:Harnessing Nonclassical Metal-Arene Interactions to Achieve Enantioselective Catalysis
Grant period:July 2012 – June 2015
Award amount:$405,000
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology, Health Research Program
Project title:Novel Heterocycles Via Ligand-Tunable Gold Catalysis
Grant period:August 2012 – July 2014
Award amount:$90,000
Previous Research Support
National Science Foundation CAREER Award ($560,000; 2007 – 2012)
ChevronPhillips Manager’s Sponsored Research Grant ($227,400; 2007 – 2011)
Oklahoma EPSCoR NanoNet Seed Grant ($42,145; 2004 – 2005)
Petroleum Research Fund Type G Starter Grant ($35,000; 2003 – 2005)
OSU Environmental Institute Energy Research Grant ($9444, 2003)
Research Facilities Support
OSU Core Facilities Support Award
Project title:Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Facility Support
P.I.Dr. Stacy D. Benson, P.I.
Dr. LeGrande M. Slaughter and Dr. Junpeng Deng, co-P.I.s
Grant period:January 2008 – December 2008
Award amount:$51,000
Collaborations
Richard A. Bunce (OklahomaStateU.)Synthetic applications of catalysis,
DFT calculations (by LMS),
X-ray crystallography (by LMS)
Vipan Kumar (Guru Nanak Dev Univ., India)X-ray crystallography (by LMS)
Barry K. Lavine (Oklahoma State U.)Statistical predictive modeling
Rex A. Murray (Chevron Phillips Co.)Olefin polymerization catalysis
Mohammad Omary (Univ. of North Texas)Luminescence and polymorphism
Joseph M. Tanski (VassarCollege)X-ray crystallography
III. TEACHING AND MENTORING
Graduate Courses Taught (# of students; average student evaluation score)
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I (CHEM 5260)Fall 2003 (16; 3.8/4.0)
Fall 2004(29; 3.5/4.0)
Fall 2009(20; 3.4/4.0)
Fall 2011(21; 3.5/4.0)
Solid-State Chemistry (CHEM 5283)Spring 2003 (15; 3.5/4.0)
Special Topics: Organometallic Chemistry (CHEM 6650)Fall 2002(6; 3.9/4.0)
Fall 2005(7; 3.5/4.0)
Fall 2008(3; 4.0/4.0)
Fall 2010(10; 3.3/4.0)
Undergraduate Courses Taught (# of students; average student evaluation score)
General Chemistry—Honors (CHEM 1314H)Fall 2012(44; 3.7/4.0)
General Chemistry II—Honors (CHEM 1515H)Spring 2013(41; pending)
General Chemistry for Engineers (CHEM 1414)Fall 2006(237; 3.0/4.0)
Fall 2007(262; 3.3/4.0)
Spring 2009(146; 3.3/4.0)
Spring 2010(180; 3.5/4.0)
Summer 2012(16; no eval)
Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM 3353)Spring 2004(22; 3.4/4.0)
Spring 2005(14; 3.8/4.0)
Spring 2006(18; 3.5/4.0)
Spring 2007(18; no eval)
Spring 2008(21; 3.7/4.0)
Spring 2011(16; 3.3/4.0)
Spring 2012(13; 3.5/4.0)
Recent Postdoctoral Advisees
Jinhui Chen10/09–6/10
Dipesh Prema8/07 –7/09Thompson Rivers Univ., BC, Canada
Current Graduate Advisees
Sachin HandaPh.D. student, 4thyear10/09 – present
Yohan Mathota ArachchigePh.D. student, 4th year10/09 – present
Aaron Ruch Ph.D. student, 2nd year8/11 – present
Ujith Madduma BandaragePh.D. student, 1st year12/12 – present
Recent Graduate Advisees (career total: 3 Ph.D. dissertations, 3 M.S. theses)
Sri S. SubramaniumPh.D. 2011Lecturer, Univ. of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Anthea J. MirandaPh.D. 2009Seeking industrial jobs in India
Yoshitha A. WanniarachchiPh.D. 2008Postdoctoral scientist at MIT;
Now at Pfizer Nebraska
Recent Graduate Advisees (continued)
Millicent O. OwusuM.S. 2006Empl. atCorning, Inc., CorningNY Adriana I. Moncada M.S. 2005 Ph.D. Texas A&M, 2010;
Now at Dow Chemical, Michigan
Sudhakar ManneM.S. 2005Takeda Global Research, Chicago
Undergraduate Research Students
James LeFreshman Research Scholar,
Niblack Research Scholar1/10 – 8/11
Aaron RuchUndergraduate Research Assistant6/10 – 8/11
Shanetha CollierHonors Thesis; B.S. 20092/09 – 5/09
Chris G. PalmerREU student, NSU-Tahlequah5/09 – 8/09
Ilya SluchHigh School Summer Intern ’05,9/06 – 8/09
Freshman Research Scholar,
Wentz Scholar, REU Student,
Honors Thesis; B.S. 2009
Now at OU MedicalSchool
Amanda MillerREU student, Outreach Assistant5/08 – 8/08
Chase WinkelRA and Outreach Assistant5/07 – 12/07
Tahereh HajimirzaeiNiblack Research Scholar9/05 – 8/06
Yuri KogisoM.S.OhioState, 20088/03 – 5/05
Tamiko UomoriB.S., 20041/04 – 5/04
Lindy DewlenB.S. 20055/04 – 8/04
Michelle WardB.S. 2005, then OU Medical School9/03 – 4/04
Deirdre SidnerB.S. 20039/02 – 5/03
Awards Won By Student Advisees
Graduate Students
Sachin HandaOSU Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, 2012
Yohan Mathota ArachchigeDermer Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, 2012
Sri SubramaniumOSU Graduate Research Excellence Award, 2012
Dermer Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, 2008
Yoshitha WanniarachchiTravel Award, ACS Div. of Inorganic Chem., 2008
Outstanding Poster, ACS Pentasectional Meeting, 2006
Dermer Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, 2004
Undergraduate Students
Michelle WardWentz Research Project Scholarship, 2003 – 2004
Tahereh HajimirzaeiNiblack Research Scholar, 2005 – 2006
Amanda MillerHach Scientific Foundation Chemistry Teachers’ Scholarship, 2008 – 2009
Undergraduate Students (continued)
Ilya SluchFreshman Research Scholar, 2006 – 2007
Best Oral Presentation, Freshman Research Scholar Symposium, 2007
Wentz Research Project Scholarship, 2007 – 2008
ACS Oklahoma Section Travel Award (to ACS National Meeting, New Orleans), 2008
NSF-REU Chemistry Leadership Travel Award, 2008
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, 2008
Outstanding Graduate, OSU College of A&S, 2009
Graduate Advisory Committees (Past and Present)
Masters Committees (Chemistry)8
Masters Committees (Physics)2
Doctoral Committees (Chemistry)33
IV. SERVICE AND EXTENSION
Departmental Committees and Special Assignments
Faculty Search Committee2002 – 2004, 2006 – 2007
Promotion and Tenure Committee2003 – 2004, 2008 – 2009,
2012 – 2013
Graduate Affairs Committee2003 – 2005, 2010 – present
Safety Committee2004 – 2008
Awards Committee2005 – 2007
Curriculum Committee (ACS/CPT)2008 – 2010
Department Chair Search Committee2008 – 2009
Facilities/Space Committee2010 – present
Graduate Coordinator/Admissions ChairJan 2009 – present
University Committees
Graduate Faculty Group 3 Membership Committee, 2009
Service in Professional Organizations
Secretary, Sigmi Xi, OSU Chapter, 2009-2011
Founding Member, Phi Beta Kappa OSU Chapter, 2013
Session Chair at Professional Meetings
Organometallic Synthesis Oral Presentation Session, ACS National Meeting, Boston (August 2007)
Organometallic Catalysis Oral Presentation Session, ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC (August 2009)
Peer Review, Granting Agencies
Petroleum Research Fund(7)
National Science Foundation(12)
LouisianaState Board of Regents Support Fund(1)
Peer Review, Journals
Acta Crystallographica(1)
Angewandte Chemie(6)
Applied Organometallic Chemistry(2)
Chemical Communications(5)
Chemical Reviews(1)
Coordination Chemistry Reviews(1)
Dalton Transactions(15)
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry(1)
Inorganic Chemistry(2)
Journal of the American Chemical Society(3)
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry(3)
Organometallics(18)
Pure & Applied Chemistry(1)
Tetrahedron Letters(1)
Textbook Review
Shriver & Atkins Inorganic Chemistry, 5th Ed.2008
Educational Outreach
Judge, Oklahoma EPSCoR Virtual Science Fair
Cyber-enabled statewide event for students grades 4-12.
April 2005
Invited participant and speaker, Career Awareness Day, CameronUniversity
Student-organized event to introduce undergraduates to career opportunities in science.
February 2005, February 2007
Catalyzing Discovery—an Interactive Laboratory Exercise
Organized interactive lab/lecture to introduce rural high schools students to research through hands-on experiments with polymerization catalysts
2005 – 2012 with funding from Chevron Phillips and NSF CAREER award.
Cyberspace Research Summit (CReS)
Outreach program to introduce rural high school students to the benefits of scientific research through Web-enabled videoconference interactions with industrial and academic scientists.
Supported by NSF CAREER award (2007-2012).
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